How You Can Help

Working Task Groups:

Financial, Legal & Ethical Issues
This task group is presently looking at the area of Respite Care in Lanark, Leeds & Grenville. The members will be gathering information about the nature of services being provided by their respective agencies, their waiting lists and the extent of services being offered to persons with Dementia. The group plans to meet in January to review their information and to plan further action.

For more information, or to join this Task group please contact Celia Carter at (613) 498-1493 ext. 2303.

Public Awareness and Early Diagnosis
The current focus of this task group is to improve awareness to those who may be experiencing the question of cognitive impairment - where to go, what to ask and who to get help from. The aim is to have everyone who is affected with this to be able to feel comfortable with the process and be able to ask their physicians about what they should be doing to get a diagnosis and how to receive the help they may need now and in the future.

For more information, or if you wish to join this task group contact Linda Evans at (613) 498-1492 ext 2310 or levans@rohcg.on.ca.

Education and Training:

The goals of the Education Task Group is to develop strategies that promote a coordinated approach to education related to dementia. This includes identifying opportunities for sharing resources and expertise, identifying opportunities for collaboration, planning and implementation of educational initiatives and identifying gaps and needs in the delivery of dementia care education.

The expanded focus of this task group will include collaborating with other initiatives of the Provincial Alzheimer Strategy including:

• Initiative #1 Staff Education and Training, which includes P.I.E.C.E.S. and UFIRST training, plus Enhanced Care and Dementia Care Studies.
• Initiative#3 Public Awareness, Information and Education
• Initiative #7 Advanced Directives: Advanced Care Planning
• Initiative #8 Psychogeriatric Resource Consultants
  

For more information, or if you wish to join this task group contact Debora Steele at (613) 498-1492 ext 2409 or steeled@pccchealth.org.